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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2004
Applicant:
Thomas R. Keyser, Plymouth, MN (US);
Inventor:
Thomas R. Keyser, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical device can be fabricated by forming a silicon rib, such as a poly-silicon rib, on a SOI substrate so that a portion of the SOI substrate is exposed, and by forming silicon spacers, such as amorphous or poly-silicon spacers, that round off corners of the silicon rib.